Nguyên ranks third in ongoing world chess event

HÀ NỘI — Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên achieved the best result of the Vietnamese masters in the 2017 King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships, held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday.

Nguyên ranked third in the first five matches, with four points after three wins and two draws, in the women’s category. In the first two games, Thảo had no difficulty beating Enkhtuul Altan-Ulzii from Mongolia and Doluhanova Evgeniya of Ukraine.

She then successfully drew No. 5 seed Grandmaster (GM) Nana Dzagnidze of Georgia and No. 12 GM Harika Dronavalli of India in the third and fifth games, respectively.

Her best result is a win over Armenian GM Elina Danielian, No. 10, after 52 moves.